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The board was first established on 1 January 1964 and was called the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (Abbreviation: STPB). [3] In that year, there were 91,000 visitors. The primary task of STPB was to coordinate the efforts of hotels, airlines and travel agents to develop the fledgling tourism industry of the country.
The Ministry of Health and the Singapore Medical Council announces that Singapore will recognize nine additional medical schools in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. [ 88 ] Singapore's first biennial transparency report, submitted to the UN before the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference , projects the country's emissions ...
Singapore Ducktours (part of RATP Group). Visitor arrivals to Singapore has been increasing since the country's independence in 1965. [2] As compared to a total of 99,000 visitors recorded in 1965, Singapore attracted approximately 19.1 million visitors in 2019 with receipts at S$27.7 billion, according to preliminary figures by the Singapore Tourism Board.
Aerial perspective of Kusu Island, Singapore. Shot in 2016. In November 2006, the Singapore Tourism Board announced plans to develop the six islands off the southern tip of Sentosa into a tourist attraction. These islands include the Sisters' Island, Kusu Island, Lazarus Island and Saint John's Island, which draw at least 100,000 visitors a year.
Resorts World Sentosa (abbreviation: RWS) is an integrated resort on the island of Sentosa, which is located off the southern coast of Singapore.The key attractions within RWS include one of Singapore's two casinos, Universal Studios Singapore theme park (which is the second Universal Studios theme park in Asia after Universal Studios Japan and the first in Southeast Asia) the Adventure Cove ...
STPI is a not-for-profit organisation established with the support of the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts (presently known as the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth – MCCY), Singapore Tourism Board, and Singapore Totalisator Board, [3] in line with the government’s Renaissance City Plan to position the nation as the prime arts hub of Southeast Asia.
Singapore Expo (stylised as Singapore EXPO) is the largest convention and exhibition venue in Singapore with over 100,000 square metres of column-free, indoor space spread over 10 halls. The center was designed by Cox Richardson Rayner , built by PSA International , and funded by the Ministry of Trade and Industry .
The concept of a nocturnal park in Singapore was suggested in the 1980s by the former executive chairman of the Singapore Zoo, Dr Ong Swee Law. Constructed at a cost of S$ 63 million, the Night Safari was officially opened on 26 May 1994 and occupies 35 hectares (86 acres) of secondary rainforest adjacent to the Singapore Zoo and Upper Seletar ...